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<h1 class="epydoc">Type ABCMeta</h1><p class="nomargin-top"></p>
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<p>Metaclass for defining Abstract Base Classes (ABCs).</p>
  <p>Use this metaclass to create an ABC.  An ABC can be subclassed 
  directly, and then acts as a mix-in class.  You can also register 
  unrelated concrete classes (even built-in classes) and unrelated ABCs as 
  'virtual subclasses' -- these and their descendants will be considered 
  subclasses of the registering ABC by the built-in issubclass() function, 
  but the registering ABC won't show up in their MRO (Method Resolution 
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  callable (not even via super()).</p>

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      Debug helper to print the ABC registry.</td>
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      <code>__subclasses__</code>,
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        <a name="_abc_invalidation_counter"></a><span class="summary-name">_abc_invalidation_counter</span> = <code title="18">18</code>
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